History Learner
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The entire reason the "China is collapsing" thing was going around this Summer was because their economy entered deflation, not inflation:
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What the chinese economy needed was a little deflation because honestly it was getting insane. So I'm going to call that one a much needed correction instead of a crisis.
Wargamer08
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The whole western economy could do with some deflation.
agreed, whole world could do with some more actual prosperity too.
Wargamer08
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Woah, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. I'd settle for prices not doubling every couple years. Gotta keep those expectations reasonable.
A South African who was working as a teacher in Shanghai was physically assaulted and almost actively prevented from trying to escape her attacker who was the schools Human Resources Manager/Principal during a contract resolution meeting.
The Shanghai Police did anything to support her beyond telling her she could "settle" her work compensation since her work visa was expiring soon. All of the other employees who witnessed the incident apparently stated they saw nothing and the CCTV cameras that were in place apparently had no footage of the incident so the police stated she had no proof she was attacked.
She was then threatened with jail by her employers if she goes to the media and that she would blacklisted from working in China.
The point of the video wasn't to necessarily highlight her race as she says though she believes it played a part in some of the abuse, but to illuminate what is apparently widespread workplace violence and abuse that takes places and unlike some foreigners like her, many Chinese have to suffer and endure such abuse without any outlets, voice or support.
The Shanghai Police did anything to support her beyond telling her she could "settle" her work compensation since her work visa was expiring soon. All of the other employees who witnessed the incident apparently stated they saw nothing and the CCTV cameras that were in place apparently had no footage of the incident so the police stated she had no proof she was attacked.
She was then threatened with jail by her employers if she goes to the media and that she would blacklisted from working in China.
The point of the video wasn't to necessarily highlight her race as she says though she believes it played a part in some of the abuse, but to illuminate what is apparently widespread workplace violence and abuse that takes places and unlike some foreigners like her, many Chinese have to suffer and endure such abuse without any outlets, voice or support.
Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
Now that’s a fine reminder that for all the stupidity and problems of our police forces…bloody Hell it could be worse for us.
Not if you're white from an accepted Western country. If you're colored or a white from an country China has problems with that week this is the usual treatment. Abuse is common from Chinese and Arab employers. They also act like this abroad. Until they get their faces broken and reminded they aren't in China and we aren't slaves.
I mean this is bad but I have a seriously hard time finding sympathy for someone dumb enough to go and work in China.
They had good PR. And for a short 12 year period it was almost true. Then Xi took power and reverted to Maoist era politics and laws. The mainland Chinese ramped up the xenophobia and nationalistic bullshit. Now only CCP white monkey schills, and the desperate would willingly work there.
Yes it's not as if the countries many of these people come from is awash with economic opportunities for them. The Teacher was from South Africa and from a glance at her social media, spent several years in South Korea prior to accepting the job as a Kindergarten teacher in West Taiwan. She apparently wasn't expecting such a toxic (and violent and abusive) work environment which she seems to state is pretty common in China, even in cities like Shanghai.
The Chinese are infamous for it all over Asia alongside Arab and Arab influenced kingdoms like Brunei as asshole employers. Look up the rates of suicide for foreign workers. They take your passport immediately. You are not free to go anywhere. You can be abused and disappeared by the Chinese and they'll blame you for anything that happened.
Yep.
It's ironic that Indians (especially with White-British) love Whites despite many twats over here (in the UK) disliking Indians, Chinese (many companies have a well-paid position where they want a White person to just be the face of their company, as it's a sign of prestige, apparently), and Arabians (despite their usual rhetoric) desire Western, White workers and treat them with a good measure of respect/leniency they wouldn't give to their own native employees or those of different ethnicities.
In China? Black people are literally seen as monkeys and apes, from what I've heard/seen on soc-med.
A Black guy or girl walking down the street in Shanghai would be stared at like children would stare at a gorilla in a zoo.
Unsurprising, though -- Chinese people are some of the most racist bunch on Earth, especially Han.
Things are so bad with all the knockoffs that a foreigner will be believed over a Chinese spokesman when it comes to business. Make no mistake they call such jobs and employees White Monkeys. They won't hesitate to treat you badly if you ask for better work conditions or try negotiating for a raise.
Terthna
Professional Lurker
Mao and his successors have done everything they could to turn the Chinese people into psychopaths; and sadly, they mostly succeeded. Because not only are most of them racist bigots, they're also, for the most part, all thieves and con artists who will sink to any low for a few extra cents.
Now don't get me wrong because Mao is very possibly the worst human being to have ever lived but you can't put Chinese bigotry on him. Make no mistake the Chinese have always been bigoted throughout thier entire history. The only people they have ever considered the equal of China in their entire long history are the Romans.
Not even the Romans. They considered the Romans Barbarians aping their Betters
Communism basically destroys all of the social mores and culture and morality in its effort to centralize all power into itself. Its totilarian in a way thats really hard to discribe and the lesson of history is quite clear.
If given the choice between having the communists take over or purging every single one of them kill the comies. Do it because they will kill far more people if you allow them power.
Not quite. Small Tribal villages and rural towns are a mix of both direct democracies and communal ownership of resources. Not all socialism is evil.
The Marxist, Maoist idea of communism is just a dictatorship in disguise.
Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
Communism twists the human soul in ways Fascism simply can’t. A similar thing happened in Russia.
And I’d personally call them sociopaths, people made that way by their toxic government. I think it would take a century for a society to recover from something so traumatic, and the regime would have to fall first.